Funding D9VK was a logical step considering the progress done, and DXVK devs actually participating already hinted to an increased involvement / checking project viability. I'm happy for Josh, not knowing about contract details I hope he finishes his education and has this as a summer job.

I'm sure that guy will make his way, which ever path he chooses, but finishing education certainly wouldn't hurt. Very skilled youth with a lot of passion.

He deserves it. More than that, I appreciate the work he does, and I appreciate Valve for recognizing that his work is worth funding. We all knew that for quite some time. I hope they understand his age and keep a balance with his education and work.

Thanks Josh first of all, incredible things you've done, can't thank you enough, and thanks Valve for recognizing and funding.

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Quoting: WendigoI wish they'd use the money for the new game engine. (just dreaming)

No, we have a very good open source game engine.

The money is placed where it should be. Blender is an excellent free 3D animation project, and funding to improve it is exactly where the money should land. I'm glad the two companies, even though I can't find a reason and it's very unexpected, I appreciate the support those Ubisoft and Epic are showing.

I'm sure there is interest behind that and not just gratitude, but that said - the more sponsoring we can get for projects like this, making and keeping the tooling for game development free, the better. There is some interest behind that, but it could be as little as making tooling more accessible to startup game studios. We don't know. It does not matter. We got funding for a great project (which I personally never donated to - not a designer :p).

Congrats, Blender!

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Interesting, Philip Rebohle apparently is starting to do some work on d9vk on the performance side of things. That's new (to me).

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Huh, first time I read it. Not at home today, will buy it later at their price, I like point&click adventures.

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Will never use a distro based on a distro where a company calls the shots. LMDE is really nice, and would be my 2nd choice at the moment. I'm happy with Solus though.

The Snap issue in the article made me think. I didn't actually know Snap was that vendor locked. Was an intersting read, and I agree with the authors positions.

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Can't shift facts. I appreciate the honesty and openness in that matter.

That Linux Sales decreased is probably the result of simply having more Games available. I currently don't buy unless it's a good deal, because I have so many unfinished games in my library already which will keep me busy another year. Including Games of them. I simply ain't got the time to play all games released for Linux which I'd want to play.

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Quoting: tmtvlC#, huh. A shame, I'd have loved to contribute some code, but if it's C# I can't. Still looking forward to what comes out.

Why not? C# isn't that complicated. Just a development language.

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Oh nice :-). And it got a proper price tag. Wish they had that option on Android too (buy it and have no micro transactions). Will buy it once I get home.

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Will not help Steam Play/Wine, and it will still be an issue for Valve. They can't make Ubuntu their supported distro this way.

No idea though what I'd choose there... that's certainly a tough nut.

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Sounds like something I'd like. Will keep a eye on it, but not pre-funding. Got burnt too often already :-(.

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